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MIC leader gives SW1M chief a backstroke
S Vell Paari says that Sharifah Zohra Jabeen lacks the 'mental evolution' needed to debate with law undergraduate KS Bawani.
“It will take the SW1M president another five million years to evolve to a stage that will allow her to debate with law undergraduate KS Bawani,” said S Vell Paari.
Sharifah drew brickbats after a 24-minute video of her patronising Bawani at a forum held at Universiti Utara Malaysia went viral on the Internet.
When Bawani had posed questions on free education and Bersih, Sharifah interrupted the undergraduate by saying “listen” and “let me speak” umpteen times to silence the law student.
She also snatched the microphone from Bawani and said that the undergraduate should move to another country if she wanted free education and added that even animals had problems.
However, Sharifah did not attempt to answer the questions posed by Bawani and her condescending attitude received applause from other undergraduates in the hall.
Vell Paari said that the younger generation now was more aware of the happenings around them and were becoming assertive.
“Gone were the days when students were uninterested in politics and were only concerned about cultural programmes. They are now talking about civil rights and a transparent government.
“Bawani is a good example of this. Instead of trying to suppress them, we should learn how to communicate with them,” he said.
The MIC leader also said that he was glad that students were becoming more enlightened, saying it would keep politicians on their toes at all times.
‘Apologise to Bawani’
‘Apologise to Bawani’
Training his guns on Sharifah, Vell Paari said that the latter should apologise to Bawani for her behaviour.
He also said that Sharifah should have engaged Bawani with facts and figures instead of berating the undergraduate.
“If you can’t debate, walk away. Instead, Sharifah started comparing humans with animals. It’s very immature,” he added.
He also criticised Sharifah for telling Bawani to move to another country, reminding the SW1M president that the student was a Malaysian citizen as much as Sharifah.
“Former prime miniser Dr Mahathir Mohamad was eager to work closely with Cuba during his time. Going by Sharifah’s logic, should Mahathir be moving out to Cuba as well?” asked Vell Paari.
He also urged the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to keep tabs on those who were using the 1 Malaysia motto, saying irresponsible people might misuse it to tarnish the government’s image.
“Probably, the government should come up with a rule that anyone who wants to use the 1Malaysia motto must get the approval from PMO first.
“Just because one person creates a blunder using the 1Malaysia motto, the government gets blamed for it,” he added.
System failure
“Only then we would have good quality students. It’s sad to see how our tertiary institutions have become these days,” he said.
On students not coming to Bawani’s defence, Manoharan said that it reflected how the Malaysian education system had failed the students.
“I don’t blame the students. It’s our education system that instills a culture of fear in them. They fear that the institution may suspend or expel them if they come to her defence,” he said.
In a related development, Malaysian Indians Progressive Association (Mipas) secretary-general S Bharatidasan also urged Sharifah to tender a public apology to Bawani for her condescending attitude.
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